The White House has nominated Radha Iyengar Plumb—currently deputy defense secretary Kathleen Hicks' chief of staff—to be the deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. Plumb previously worked at Google and Facebook, and has previous government work at the departments of Defense, Energy and ...
The Senate confirmed William LaPlante to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment on April 7. LaPlante is a seasoned acquisition and defense professional, having served in key technology jobs in the Pentagon--where he last was Air Force acquisition executive--to industry, where he was ...
President Joe Biden will nominate former Air Force acquisitions chief William LaPlante to serve as the Defense Department's undersecretary for acquisition, one of the remaining vacancies at the Pentagon. LaPlante, who served in the Obama administration as assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, ...